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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  horse, 
  being 
  an 
  old 
  and 
  heavy 
  man, 
  and 
  was 
  bayoneted. 
  The 
  

   Iroquois, 
  losing 
  30 
  men 
  and 
  being 
  discouraged 
  by 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  the 
  French, 
  at 
  once 
  returned 
  home. 
  

  

  General 
  Johnson 
  was 
  knighted 
  for 
  his 
  good 
  conduct 
  ; 
  and 
  

   General 
  Shirley 
  wished 
  him 
  to 
  call 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  

   also 
  privately 
  to 
  engage 
  some 
  Iroquois 
  to 
  go 
  against 
  the 
  French 
  

   and 
  Indians 
  on 
  the 
  Ohio. 
  They 
  could 
  join 
  a 
  party 
  already 
  in 
  

   Pennsylvania 
  and 
  get 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  Indians 
  to 
  go 
  too. 
  John- 
  

   son 
  did 
  not 
  approve 
  of 
  his 
  having 
  other 
  Indian 
  agents 
  and 
  wished 
  

   a 
  fixed 
  sum 
  for 
  himself 
  and 
  the 
  secretary, 
  Mr 
  Wraxall. 
  When 
  

   the 
  Indians 
  came 
  to 
  him, 
  they 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  maintained, 
  and 
  a 
  jour- 
  

   ney 
  to 
  Onondaga 
  or 
  Oswego 
  was 
  expensive. 
  Shirley 
  proved 
  a 
  

   poor 
  manager, 
  but 
  Massachusetts 
  appropriated 
  funds 
  to 
  secure 
  

   Iroquois 
  aid, 
  and 
  the 
  garrison 
  at 
  Oswego 
  was 
  reinforced 
  by 
  four 
  

   companies. 
  Desertions 
  were 
  frequent 
  there. 
  

  

  The 
  Six 
  Nations 
  had 
  little 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  Braddock's 
  affairs, 
  though 
  

   Scarrooyady 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  others 
  were 
  with 
  him 
  at 
  his 
  defeat 
  July 
  9. 
  

   They, 
  were 
  displeased 
  because 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  consult 
  them. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Indians 
  were 
  dissatisfied 
  with 
  the 
  Albany 
  

   purchase 
  of 
  Susquehanna 
  lands, 
  and 
  this 
  led 
  to 
  hostilities 
  with 
  

   the 
  Delawares 
  and 
  Shawnees. 
  The 
  year 
  before 
  they 
  had 
  asked 
  

   that 
  they 
  might 
  no 
  longer 
  be 
  clad 
  like 
  women, 
  but 
  fight 
  like 
  men 
  

   for 
  themselves. 
  A 
  change 
  had 
  come 
  over 
  them, 
  and, 
  being 
  

   encouraged 
  by 
  the 
  French, 
  they 
  now 
  fought 
  without 
  leave. 
  The 
  

   French 
  policy 
  had 
  hitherto 
  been 
  to 
  weaken 
  the 
  Indians. 
  This 
  

   having 
  been 
  sufficiently 
  done, 
  they 
  were 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  protected, 
  but 
  

   they 
  were 
  not 
  always 
  reliable. 
  At 
  the 
  battle 
  of 
  Lake 
  George 
  the 
  

   Canadian 
  Iroquois 
  refused 
  to 
  attack 
  the 
  English 
  camp, 
  and 
  helped 
  

   defeat 
  the 
  French 
  by 
  later 
  inaction. 
  M. 
  de 
  Vaudreuil 
  had 
  a 
  con- 
  

   ference 
  at 
  Montreal 
  with 
  the 
  Senecas 
  Oct. 
  1, 
  1755, 
  who 
  came 
  to 
  

   bring 
  Joncaire 
  home. 
  Some 
  other 
  Iroquois 
  came 
  later, 
  and 
  he 
  

   thought 
  all 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  French 
  interest 
  except 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  

   and 
  Mohawks. 
  That 
  year 
  the 
  French 
  occupied 
  Ticonderoga. 
  

  

  In 
  1756 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  Loudon 
  became 
  commander 
  in 
  chief, 
  and 
  

   was 
  empowered 
  to 
  furnish 
  Johnson 
  all 
  he 
  required 
  for 
  forts 
  or 
  

   smiths 
  among 
  the 
  Indians. 
  Johnson's 
  general 
  plans 
  were 
  

  

  